Ministries in Faith Formation

Family Faith Formation Contact: Marion Kari, marionk@olgseattle.org

Our mission is to work in partnership with parents/guardians to create an atmosphere of Catholic Christian values that permeate home, church, and community for all children in our parish, broadening our outreach beyond OLG School. We develop and support a variety of programs and activities that help to deepen our children’s r relationship with Jesus Christ and the Church, to strengthen our families, and to provide opportunities to serve others. Parent/Guardian support and partnership is essential not only to the success of our programs, but more importantly, to your c child’s faith life.

Family Faith Sundays Contact: Marion Kari, marionk@olgseattle.org

This is a multi-generational program where parents/guardians and their children (K-8) gather to learn more about their faith, pray together, play together, and interact with other families. Families whose children attend OLG School are encouraged to participate to enrich and strengthen their faith as a family. In addition, there will be monthly opportunities to gather as families for a variety of service projects both within the parish community and throughout the community at large. Sessions take place generally on the first Sunday of the month (October- June) from 9:30-10:45 am in the Walmesley Center followed by a family Mass at 11:00 am in the church.

Adult Faith Formation

OLG offers many opportunities throughout the year for adult Catholics to grow and deepen their faith. These include lecture series, bible studies, the Summer Film Festival, and various workshops on a variety of topics including liturgy, prayer & spirituality, social justice, and t theology. Please check our parish website and weekly Sunday bulletin for our current offerings.

RSVP Contact: Mel Dennis, DennisMel@comcast.net

RSVP is a program that invites us to reflect on the scriptures, share our faith in a comfortable setting, and pray in small groups with fellow parishioners. We gather in homes for six weekly sessions in the Fall and during Lent. We read and reflect on the scriptures and share our response to the readings with helpful reflection questions. We then offer our prayers and petitions as a group. RSVP is a wonderful way to share our faith and build closer relationships with our fellow parishioners.

Welcome Back Helen Oesterle, heleno@olgseattle.org

If you are a Catholic who has been away from the Church, and are thinking about returning, we would be happy to hear from you. Our parish offers "Welcome Back," a parish program designed to help people return to the sacraments and to regular church attendance. Contact:

Centering Prayer Contact: CandyMiller, CenteringPrayer@comcast.net

Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer in which we experience God's presence within us. It does not replace other forms of prayer, but adds depth of meaning to all prayer and facilitates the movement from more active forms of prayer into a receptive prayer of resting in God. The source of Centering Prayer is the indwelling Trinity, the focus of Centering Prayer is the deepening of our relationship with the living Christ. The effects of Centering Prayer are ecclesial, as the prayer tends to build communities of faith and bond the members together in mutual friendship and love. No experience is needed, just an open heart. We have DVDs to explain the process and all of us to help anyone interested in the practice.

Members of the Women’s Spirituality Group come together as women of faith to read and discuss religiously themed selections and to pray and enrich each other by faith sharing. We meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month from September to May in the Pastoral Center f from 9:30-11:00 am.

Just imagine 75 children and over 50 volunteers successfully making the summit of Mt. Everest and Conquering Challenges with God’s Mighty Power! This wonderful tradition has truly become an integral event for our whole community. Our next VBC theme will be: Cave Quest Following Jesus The Light of the World! We are so excited to offer an over-the-top underground adventure! Grounding our children in a rock-solid foundation of God’s love, a love that takes us through life’s dark times.